Verdi's opera Un Ballo in Maschera, with Leontyne Price as Amelia, Carlo Bergonzi as Riccardo, Robert Merrill as Renato, Reri Grist as Oscar and Shirley Verrett as Ulrica, and the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Erich Leinsdorf.

"May the hinges of friendship never rust, nor the wings of love lose a feather"--Scottish blessing